The Mercury Prize, the annual music prize awarded to the best album in the United Kingdom and Ireland, has published a list of artists. Includes Arctic Monkeys, Raye, Fred Again and 9 other musicians. Write about it Independent.
This year’s list of nominees includes representatives from a wide variety of genres and musical styles: from jazz quintet Ezra Collective, nominated for the album Where I’m Meant to Be, to rapper J Hus, for his album Beautiful and Brutal Yard, which was released earlier this month. Arctic Monkeys has been included in the list of awards for the fourth time. This year – for the album The Car. However, for some artists, the nomination was the first. Among them are Ezra Collective, Fred Again and pop duo Jockstrap.
The winner will be announced at the awards ceremony, which will take place at London’s Eventim Apollo on September 7.
Recall that the nominees for the award, the group Arctic Monkeys, along with Guns N ‘Roses became the headliners of the music festival at Glastonbury. They join Elton John, whose involvement was announced in December.
